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Audio recompression from higher rates for karaoke, video games, and other applications

  • US 5,974,387 A
  • Filed: 06/17/1997
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sound reproducing device comprising:

  • a receiving device that receives, from outside said sound reproducing device, sound data compressed with a predetermined first data compressing technique;

    a first decoding device that decodes the sound data received via said receiving device;

    a data compressing device that compresses the sound data, decoded by said first decoding device, with a predetermined second data compressing technique, said first data compressing technique using a data compression rate higher than a data compression rate used by said second data compressing technique;

    a second decoding device that decodes the sound data compressed with said second data compressing technique; and

    a device that generates a sound signal based on the sound data decoded by said second decoding device.

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